view - Kete Rotorua

ROTORUA DISTRICT LIBRARY
Matariki Te Whare o te Maatauranga
PIPIRI - June 2011
Some resources the library holds for Matariki
Matariki: the Maori New Year by Libby Hakaraia
The seven stars of Matariki by Toni Rolleston-Cummins
Matariki by Melanie Drewery
Scoop and Scribe search for the seven stars of Matariki by Tommy Kapai
Wilson
Queen’s Birthday
The Library
and the Mobile Library Bus
will be
CLOSED on Monday 6th June
and will re-open as nomal on
Tuesday 7th June
9.30am - 8pm
Snippets from Rotorua’s Past - June
1823
1851
1864
1872
1873
1876
1877
1880
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1892
1895
1896
1897
1901
Tapsell marries Maria Ringa—first legal marriage in NZ (Church)
Many of Te Arawa leave Rotorua to dig kauri gum in Northland
Battle of Te Ranga—many Te Arawa killed there
Special sword presented to Pokiha Taranui from Queen Victoria
Work begins on Rotorua-Te Wairoa road
All land purchases suspended
Death of Ngati Whakaue chief Te Muera te Amohau
Work on Rotorua-Cambridge road begins
Foundation stone for St Faith’s Church laid
First issue of “Hot Lakes Chronicle” appears
Eruption of Mt Tarawera
Father Beaker of the Mill Hill order arrives
New Rotorua School opens on corner of Arawa and Rangiuru Streets
First meeting to form Rotorua Brass Band
Palace Hotel opens on new site—corner of Arawa and Tutanekai Streets
Atiamuri Hotel destroyed by fire
Foundation stone laid for Victoria Institute
Visit of the Duke and Duchess of York
It’s June already, you hear everyone saying and only 100 days to the
start of the Rugby World Cup and 206 days till Christmas! We’re looking
forward to a busy month when all the wintery weather provides a good
excuse to snuggle up with the cat, a hot cuppa and of course, a good
book. Well there’s about 150,000 here to choose from so there’s sure to
be something you like.
Since we moved our non-fiction DVDs to the first floor, people have
really taken advantage of the free borrowing and there’s a great range of
these to choose from too whether you’re into sports, fishing, business,
cooking or gardening.
Our big news for June would have to be the launch of the NZ Film
Archives Digital Access where everyone will be able to enjoy some of
NZ’s amazing film history like film clips of royal visits to Rotorua, adverts
and documentaries including Rotorua personalities. This will be an
amazing addition to our collections and many of you would remember
either the film or the people in them.
Now is a good time to start thinking about the Library Quiz Leadership
Challenge, happening on Thursday 7th July to commemorate
Leadership Week. More details soon but you can start thinking about
getting a good team together now (max 5 people) and watch out for the
posters.
In the meantime, we hope to see you soon.
“I am at my happiest with imperfect happiness. Perfection has no
personality.” Peter Ustinov in Quotable Ustinov 828 UST
Rotorua District Library
1127 Haupapa St
Rotorua
Ph. 348 4177
www.rotorualibrary.govt.nz
New Zealand Services
We’re on the 2nd floor!
125th Anniversary of the Tarawera Eruption
Come up and read some of the eyewitness accounts of that terrible
time.
From the reminiscences of W H Bird Sen. as published in the
Rotorua Morning Post on 13 June, 1942.
“A flat gently- sloping valley, pleasantly situated between the picturesque Lakes
Rotohakahi and Tarawera, bush clad on its northern side, dotted with cottages and
small area of cultivation on the other; a hotel and a boarding house, a couple of
stores, the school and the little kainga of the section of the Tuhourangi people
known as Ngatihinemihi, whose houses clustered around the big new wharepuni
like children with their mother. Beyond the village the land fell away steeply to the
shore of Tarawera Lake, which mirrored – as it does today- a long, low, squat bulk
of mountain bearing the same name – Mount Tarawera – with its triple peaks,
Wahanga, Ruawahia and Tarawera Peak. Such was Te Wairoa village 56 years
ago at the beginning of the fateful week which marked its end as a thriving, happy
community, and changed it to less than a ghost village overnight......” - a full
description of the eruption and aftermath follows.
Henry Bird was, at that time, running a store in Te Wairoa in partnership with his
brother-in-law, Joe McRae and he, his wife and young child all survived by
eventually taking refuge in Guide Sophia’s whare.
Fashion & Style
If you’re into drawing or fashion or both, you’ll love
browsing through this amazing book by Manolo
Blahnik which is pretty much just drawings of
fabulous shoes.
The drawings are grouped
thematically according to the artist's passions such
as art history, nature, film, flora and fauna. Manolo
Blahnik’s name has become internationally known for his shoe designs that ooze
originality and style.
Manolo’s new shoes by Manolo Blahnik 685.31 BLA
Masters of fashion illustration by David Downton
741.672 DOW
Again, a book for lovers of art as well as clothes design. From
Giovanni Boldini to the new wave glamour of Tony Viramontes every page reveals a new technique, a new way of portraying an
outfit where the actual clothes definitely play second fiddle to the
overall style conveyed.
Why, even a sack could look
glamourous! This book is well named and a feast for the eye.
741.672 DOW
Figure Drawing for fashion design by Elisabetta ‘Kuky”
Drudi & Tiziana Paci. 741.672 DRU
New edition - revised, expanded and updated
This book is WOW from front to back! 352 pages of detailed
drawings of the stylised models ready to be draped in the
latest fashion designs. It’s the type of book that makes you
want to get out the pencil and sweep across a blank page with
masterful strokes….so even though it’s a fashion design book,
any budding artist will thoroughly enjoy
this!
Fashion Artist: Drawing techniques to portfolio
presentation. 2nd edition by Sandra Burke. 741.672 BUR
Guides you through key fashion drawing starting with basic
templates from which you can progress to produce visually
exciting and creative fashion illustrations. Start from the very
beginning by sourcing your art materials which are
conveniently listed from your HB graphite pencils to light
boxes and scanners.
This month’s HOT PICKS
Danielle Steel is one of the world’s most prolific
writers. She began writing poetry and stories
as a child, completed her first novel at age 20
but wasn’t published until she was 26. She
writes predominantly romance novels but has
written children’s books and 2 non-fiction titles;
Having a baby and His bright light.
Steel has been married five times and raised
nine children. More than 20 of her novels have
been adapted for television such as The Ring,
A Perfect Stranger and Family Album. She has
many awards bestowed on her but is known to
having a shy nature and prefers to protect her
family from the media. Steel’s books frequently
feature in our HOT PICKS.
The TOY LIBRARY
is now ONLINE
www.rotoruatoylibrary.org.nz
Great news! The Rotorua Toy
Library now have their own
website sponsored by The
Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust.
www.rotoruatoylibrary.org.nz
Browse through the amazing
range of toys which are nicely
categorized into groups such as
dress-ups, ride-ons, science, arts,
music and more. There is a
comprehensive description of each toy, along with the suitable age group, price and
bag number. Better still, you can click on search library and go directly to the
library’s catalogue. From here you can see if the toy is checked in or out and put a
reserve on, if you wish.
The Toy Library committee have
been working towards creating a
website for some time and this
will
certainly
give
their
organisation more exposure as
well as making it much more
convenient for people to see
what’s available.
Anyone who is a member of
Rotorua District Library can
borrow toys so if you have
children, are borrowing some for
the holidays or hosting a party the Toy Library is just the trick to
keep those children happy.
And if you’d like to help out with the Toy Library, they are always grateful for support,
whether you are a handyman (to mend damaged toys) or have time to shop for new
toys, this is a great way to support a great cause.
The contact person is Brenda at Ph. 332 5731.
Any member of the Library can borrow from the TOY LIBRARY as well
It was a cold and windy night...
Shot during four years against the Ruahine mountains
and Waimarama Beach, the survival story captures the
highs and lows of the Karenas' life, including the birth of a
child, a miscarriage, the burning of their home and the
theft of their horses. Narrated by the couple's oldest son
Llewelyn, 12, the film is shown through his eyes,
providing a unique insight into the family relationship. The
film shows a world lived outside modern 21st century
consumerism. (2009)
Peter works hard to provide for his young family despite
the obstacles he faced regarding his adopted father.
Colleen holds her family together; her children and Peter
is the centre of her universe. Her unconditional love and
strength for her family would be the envy of most families
in New Zealand. Instilling simple values and morals of life and the environment
that surrounds them, she teaches them not to take things for granted, love one
another and to appreciate what they have and not dwell on what they don’t have.
Despite missing out on buying their rented house and being forced to move out,
they set up a make shift camp down by the river, then several of Peter’s horses are
stolen from the Ruahine mountains, Colleen suffers a miscarriage and Peter’s
adopted father gives him grief, the family stay strong and get on with life the best
they can.
Peter and Colleen Karena moved their family of
six children and 50 horses to a small homestead
near the Tukituki river in the Hawke’s Bay region,
so they could fulfil their desire to live in harmony
with nature.
Photo of Peter and son, Llewelyn, 12.
For those of us who attended medium and author Kelvin
Cruickshank’s recent book promotional evening, it was money well spent. Kelvin entertained from start to finish with stories about his life, career and of course, encounters with
those who have passed over. Believer or not, he was
certainly very down to earth and at many times, very funny.
It was interesting to note that the audience (it was practically
a full house) came from many walks of life and ages all obviously keen to hear this
man speak. For most, no doubt, there is that quiet longing to seek answers to
things that science and many religions deny. And people like Kelvin Cruickshank
offer something different – a chance to say goodbye, settle unfinished business or
give people a bigger perspective on life as we know it. There was a long queue to
get in early and a long queue to get an autographed copy of his latest book, Finding
the Path. It was a wild and windy Thursday night but plenty braved the weather to
get the chance to meet him and hear his take on life and learning. The library holds
all of Kelvin’s books; Walking in light, Bridging the Gap and Finding the Path.t
could be FREE!
It was a ka pai night...
Local celebrity, Aunty Bea
attracted a bumper crowd
(as usual) for the launch of
her latest book, Ihenga
recently.
Many of the
children dressed up as
patupaiarehe which, along
with Aunty Bea’s trademark
Bee costume, made for a
colourful evening.
READING ROUND
4th & 18th June 2011
9.00am - 1.00pm
Kuirau Park Old Tea Kiosk
Find a treasure, grab a bargain
Books galore and magazines too
Adult Reading Discussion Group
Wednesday 22nd June 2011
10.30am in the Haupapa Room
All welcome, come along and bring a friend
Choose from the latest books trolley
Our foyer display this month is inspired
by the artist, Alphonse Mucha.
"The fundamental starting point of
human communication is the expression
of the face and the movement of the
figure that is connected to it."
Alphonse Mucha
Alphonse Mucha was born in 1860 in
what is now known as the Czech
Republic. He was studying art while
also working part time in Paris producing
advertising and magazine illustrations
when by pure luck, he happened to be in
a printers shop when there was an
urgent need to produce a poster for the
famous Paris actress, Sarah Bernhardt.
Mucha offered to produce the work and
within weeks the poster was being
displayed to much acclaim. Bernhardt
was also very happy with the poster and
contracted Mucha for 6 years.
Art in the form of paintings, posters,
advertisements, and book illustrations,
as well as designs for jewelry, carpets,
wallpaper, and theatre sets were
produced and for a time were
recognised as being the Mucha Style
and then later termed art nouveau
(French for 'new art').
Mucha was
known to have rejected this later
definition and insisted that his art was
entirely a product of himself and his
Czech art. His commercial art frequently
featured beautiful women in flowing neo
-classical robes, with halos of flowers
about their hair and it is little wonder
there was huge revival in the 1960s of
his “flower-power” posters.
Read more about Alphonse Mucha at
741.6 MUC or in Art Nouveau books at
709.0349 in Arts & Crafts on the first
floor.
We are EVERYWHERE!
We’re spreading the word and with your
help, we can keep everyone up to date with
the goings on at the library. That’s news,
book reviews, hottest picks and events. Be
the first to hear it on our website at
www.rotorualibrary.govt.nz
Facebook
Rotorua District Library and
Virtually Well Read (for teens)
Bebo
Rotorua District Library
Twitter
Rotorua District Library
Join us online!
The most FAQ
What time does the
library close?
The Library is open until
8pm every weeknight.
What? 8 o’clock?
When did that
happen?
Over 30 years ago.
Librarian’s Choice
Nights in the Asylum by Carol Lefevre
This is a powerful novel in which circumstances bring together
three very different characters, each with their own story, but
now all searching for shelter and release. Seeking solace and
redemption, Miri returns to the home of her Cuban
grandmother. This dilapidated old home also offers ‘asylum’ to
Aziz, a young man grieving for his old life and betrayed by the
false promises his refugee status inferred and Zett, with her baby Opal, hiding
from her abusive husband, the town cop. Through the mesmerising writing of
Lefevre these characters weave in and out of each other’s fragile lives as they
struggle to find a new path, a new beginning.
Featured Book
Dunedin-based, Māori academic, Dr. Poia Rewi, wins
the 2011 NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book
Award for Non-Fiction for Whaikōrero: The World of
Māori Oratory (Auckland University Press).
The judges felt that Rewi’s book ‘managed the
difficult feat of being both a valuable record and
manual of Māori oratory for practitioners, and an
accessible overview for anyone interested in this
ubiquitous cultural practice.’
Dr. Poia Rewi (Tuhoe, Ngati
Manawa, Te Arawa, Ngati Whare, Ngati Tuwharetoa) is
associate professor at the University of Otago and has taught in
Te Tumu /School of Maori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies at
Otago University since 2003. Prior to that he taught at the
University of Waikato for 10 years. His doctoral thesis was the
first to be accepted by the University of Otago in the Maori
language alone and he contributed definitions for the largest
monolingual Maori language dictionary ever published, He
Pataka Kupu (2008).
Wellington writer, Pip Adam wins the 2011 NZSA Hubert
Church Best First Book Award for Fiction with her short
story collection, Everything We Hoped For (Victoria
University Press).
Diamond summarised Adam’s work as a powerful debut
collection, taking the reader into often harrowing places
where they are compelled to stay on account of the author’s
lucid, controlled story-telling.
'The judges believe this new writer has a striking artistic
vision, and the chops to carry off her unsentimental stories
with humour and humanity.'
for children before they turn 13